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The Nevada Democratic Party filed a complaint with the Federal Elections Commission on Wednesday against the state’s Senate GOP candidate Sharron Angle and her

Using the antiquated rules of the U.S. Senate, Sen.

A hearing earlier today on SB 1070, Arizona’s immigration crackdown, went basically as expected: Department of Justice lawyers argued that the law pre-empted

Republicans in the Minnesota House are pushing legislation that would ban the Affordable Care Act from being implemented in the state under the grounds that it violates the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The bill calls the law “unconstitutional,” declares it “void” in Minnesota and directs all state agencies to halt implementation of any aspect of health care reform

No one loved the internet rules written by the Federal Communications Commission last year that sought to safeguard the free-flowing egalitarian quality of the internet, where communication-industry giants don’t get to decide which information streams to users and at what speed. One side thought the rules were overreaching socialism and the other thought they were riven with the kind of loopholes corporate interests could wiggle through when it came time to assert control

At the Lifeway Christian Store in Woodbury on Tuesday, Gov. Tim Pawlenty said he’s “seriously considering running in 2012.” Pawlenty has been courting conservative evangelicals over the last week with an appearance on the radio program of the American Family Association’s Bryan Fischer and an upcoming trip to Iowa to meet with a group called The Family Leader , which teaches classes called “gay sex kills.” Pawlenty was in Woodbury to sign copies of his book, Courage to Stand.

Detroit has more than 100,000 vacant properties, and as widespread unemployment and home foreclosure make it harder for people to pay for housing, many are moving into abandoned homes as squatters. The Detroit News reports that these illicit living arrangements sometimes bother neighbors, though squatters may actually improve neighborhoods by maintaining buildings that might otherwise be torn down for scrap. Either way, it seems there’s not much local authorities can do about squatting

If all the headlines surrounding the fatal mine blast in West Virginia last month did nothing else, they at least highlighted how reluctant federal regulators

Republican presidential candidates hoping to make a little political hay wasted little time Friday in offering statements on a dismal jobs report from the U.S. Department of Labor

Springfield, Ore., Mayor Sid Leiken, one of the GOP’s first strong recruits for the 2010 cycle, is dropping a bid against Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.). The

The president’s pointed comment to Republicans last week that they can’t just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done has driven the talk radio community

Building a Better Ohio, the group heading the campaign to preserve Ohio’s controversial anti-collective bargaining law Senate Bill 5, is, as a 501(c)4

Joe Miller’s former boss isn’t his biggest fan. Hillary Clinton makes an It Gets Better video. Russ Feingold’s Republican challenger can’t state his

As GOP candidates geared up to spend the holiday weekend in early states like Iowa and New Hampshire, the field for President grew by one, as U.S. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-Mich) officially announced his candidacy Saturday

Here’s one more reason why a bill like the DISCLOSE Act could carry real weight in this election cycle and beyond. Peter Stone at the Center for Public

For months, Congress has had its eyes on reining in the overdraft fees tacked on by many banks when consumers -- often unbeknownest to them -- exceed their

Most of the schools at immediate risk for takeover by the state appear to be in the Detroit metro area, but northern schools could also face Emergency Managers, according to state Rep. Greg McMaster (R-Kewadin). “A lot of schools in my district are at risk of receivership,” said McMaster whose district includes Antrim County, Charlevoix County, Otsego County and part of Cheboygan County.